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VICTORIA -- Former British Columbia Conservative leader John Rustad says he has been invited to rejoin the party's caucus, just days after he was expelled by Kerry-Lynne Findlay in the dying days of her own tenure as leader.
VICTORIA -- B.C. cabinet minister Lana Popham says she won't run for a sixth term, deepening speculation about a snap election being called.
VICTORIA -- Former British Columbia Conservative leader John Rustad says he has been invited to rejoin the party's caucus, just days after he was expelled by Kerry-Lynne Findlay in the dying days of her own leadership.
VICTORIA -- The caucus of British Columbia's governing NDP has met to discuss a potential early election after the resignation of Opposition B.C. Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay.
VICTORIA -- British Columbia's political landscape continues to shift, with Kerry-Lynne Findlay stepping down as the leader of B-C's Conservatives Sunday, and the party's board of directors appointing MLA Lorne Doerkson as interim leader hours later.
The self-destruction of the British Columbia Conservatives has birthed a right-of-centre alternative in the provincial legislature, which faces the prospect of an early election call by Premier David Eby to take advantage of chaos in Opposition ranks.
A group of eight former B.C. Conservative legislators say they are joining the CentreBC party with Peter Milobar taking over as leader of the party that will become the third largest in the provincial legislature.
A group of eight former B.C. Conservative legislators say they are joining the CentreBC party with Peter Milobar taking over as leader of the party that will become the third largest in the provincial legislature.
VICTORIA -- British Columbia Premier David Eby said Friday he had made no decision on a possible early election, as the dwindling ranks of the rival B.C. Conservative Party descended into chaos, with the loss of three more members.
VICTORIA -- British Columbia Premier David Eby says he hasn't decided on a possible early election, as upheaval continues in the rival B.C. Conservative Party, with the loss of three more members.
VICTORIA -- The British Columbia Conservative Party has lost another caucus member, with Claire Rattee issuing a scathing exit statement that says she was among at least 10 Conservatives who signed a letter calling on party leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay to quit.
British Columbia Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay said Thursday she was "not going anywhere" on another day of tumult for the Opposition, roiled by revelations that a private eye had been hired to look into her critics and calls for her to resign at an overnight caucus meeting.
A lawyer retained by the British Columbia Conservatives says the party's former executive director hired a private investigator, and legislators critical of Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay say they were targeted.
A lawyer retained by the British Columbia Conservatives says the party's former executive director hired a private investigator, and legislators critical of Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay say they were targeted.
VICTORIA -- The British Columbia deficit forecast has grown by $450 million to a record-setting $13.8 billion, largely because of a "calculation error" on natural gas royalties, in a situation one critic describes as a state of "fiscal crisis."
VICTORIA -- The new party formed by British Columbia legislators who have defected from the provincial Conservatives in recent weeks gained a seventh member on Monday, with interim leader Peter Milobar calling it an exciting development as the fledgling caucus works toward official recognition when the legislature resumes next month.
An annual gathering of municipal leaders from across British Columbia opens in Vancouver today with the province's Indigenous rights legislation high on the agenda, along with housing and public safety, among other topics.
VICTORIA -- The newest member of a still-unnamed party acknowledged she and five other former provincial Conservative legislators are in for the "long-haul" if they want to throw out British Columbia's NDP government, while urging others to join them.
VICTORIA -- Politics in British Columbia could be getting more crowded as a group tries to take over and revive the moribund BC United party, to give voters what they call a "principled, mainstream centre-right alternative" in the province.
VICTORIA -- A new report says building ferries in British Columbia would help the province weather the harsh economic trade winds coming from the United States.
VICTORIA -- The Conservative Party of B.C. may have lost nine legislators since Kerry-Lynne Findlay became leader, but some of her supporters are applauding the defections they say will help discipline the party and sharpen differences with the governing NDP.
VICTORIA -- British Columbia Premier David Eby invoked the memory of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and Canadian efforts to help their "closest friend" as he voiced support for Ottawa's counter tariffs in the trade conflict with the United States on Tuesday.
The B.C. Conservatives have lost one of their leading moderate voices, with Peter Milobar citing a lack of "ideological alignment" with leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay for his decision to sit as an Independent.
B.C. opposition finance critic Peter Milobar has announced he is sitting as an Independent, saying his values don't align with the B.C. Conservatives under the leadership of Kerry-Lynne Findlay.
VICTORIA -- The minister responsible for treaty negotiations with First Nations in B.C. confirms public access to 30 properties, including a well-known castle, could be limited or lost completely following an agreement.
VICTORIA -- The British Columbia government says the final accounting for the budget year ending in March shows a deficit of $7.7 billion, more than three billion lower than forecast.
VICTORIA -- The British Columbia government says the final accounting for the budget year ending in March shows a deficit of $7.7 billion, more than three billion lower than forecast.
VICTORIA -- British Columbia's housing minister says her government is working with Ottawa to help fund the infrastructure needed as it pushes to build more homes in the province.
VICTORIA -- The British Columbia government is exempting a utility company that plans to expand its liquefied natural gas plant in Metro Vancouver, allowing the $2-billion investment to move ahead.
VICTORIA -- Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark says voters in the province face a choice between the "worst government in B.C. history" and an opposition headed by an unelectable leader.
FORT ST. JOHN -- A First Nation in British Columbia says a new native plant orchard established in its territory could help reclaim and restore thousands of industrial sites around northeastern B.C.
VICTORIA -- A former B.C. cabinet minister is the new leader of CentreBC, an upstart political party that lacks a seat in the legislature but offers itself as a middle-of-the-road alternative to the two major parties in provincial politics.
FORT ST. JOHN -- The scale of the John Horgan Dam, the most costly engineering project in British Columbia history, is hard to fathom until up close.
VICTORIA -- The federal government's submarine contract with a German company offers a "tremendous amount of opportunity" to propel British Columbia's shipping industry, political and business leaders say.
VICTORIA -- New B.C. Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay has kept former rival Peter Milobar and his supporters in her shadow cabinet, a day after installing a caucus leadership team that skewed toward her loyalists.
VICTORIA -- Residents of British Columbia's first new municipality in 16 years will soon be voting for a mayor and council.
VICTORIA -- A government plan to buy empty condominiums and turn them into affordable housing in British Columbia might be more about stabilizing the financial sector than housing, an urban planning expert says.
VICTORIA -- An urban planning expert says a plan to convert empty condominiums into affordable housing in British Columbia might be more about stabilizing the financial sector than housing.
The British Columbia government is going to spend $16 million over the next two years focusing its efforts on 420 chronic offenders behind a "disproportionate" amount of street disorder, and property and retail crime.
The British Columbia government is going to spend $16 million over the next two years focusing its efforts on 420 chronic offenders behind a "disproportionate" amount of street disorder, and property and retail crime.
VICTORIA -- The British Columbia government is taking aim at some of the province's worst repeat offenders, spending millions to follow 420 people responsible much of the street disorder and retail crime.
VICTORIA -- The B.C. government is launching an upgrade on the provincial hydro system in an effort to increase the power supply by seven per cent.
VICTORIA -- An environmental group is condemning plans by the British Columbia government to consider building two new hydropower dams, including a fourth dam on the Peace River, saying the province first needs to "come to grips" with the negative impact of the recently completed Site C dam.
VICTORIA -- An environmental group is condemning plans by the British Columbia government to look into building two new hydropower dams, including a fourth dam on the Peace River.
VICTORIA -- The British Columbia government is looking at building two new hydroelectric dams, including a fourth dam for the Peace River where the Site C project generated opposition and cost overruns.
Bud Mercer was the head of security for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, a near billion-dollar operation.
VICTORIA -- Canada's forestry sector is the trade "canary in the coal mine" as it faces structural challenges that go beyond Trump-era tariffs, says the federal minister responsible for natural resources.
VICTORIA -- Two former B.C. Conservative legislators now sitting as Independents say new leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay will polarize the province.
VICTORIA -- Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says British Columbia needs the leadership of Kerry-Lynne Findlay, but two former provincial Conservatives say the new leader of their old party will polarize the province.
VANCOUVER -- Kerry-Lynne Findlay won the B.C. Conservative leadership race because she is an "authentic champion" of populism within the broader conservative movement, says an analyst who studies modern conservatism in western countries.
VANCOUVER -- Kerry-Lynne Findlay won the B.C. Conservative leadership race because she is an "authentic champion" of populism within the broader conservative movement, says an analyst who studies modern conservatism in western countries.
VANCOUVER -- It's a pivotal day for the British Columbia Conservative Party as the Opposition in the provincial legislature will announce its new leader.
VICTORIA -- B.C.'s minister responsible for Indigenous affairs says legislation to move a First Nation treaty forward won't pass this session, further delaying a treaty that has been more than three decades in the making.
VICTORIA -- The B.C. Conservatives are expected to announce their new leader on Saturday, nearly six months after John Rustad was chased out of office.
VICTORIA -- Relations between the British Columbia government and First Nations plunged this year as Premier David Eby grappled with how or whether to amend the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, which he once championed.
VICTORIA -- The flagship of South Korea's submarine fleet is docked in British Columbia where it's serving as a floating floor model in the Asian nation's pitch for Canada to buy 12 like it.
VICTORIA -- Canada cannot work if "separatist premiers" get all of the attention of the federal government, B.C. Premier David said Tuesday.
VICTORIA -- Canada cannot work if "separatist premiers" get all of the attention of the federal government, B.C. Premier David said Tuesday.
VICTORIA -- Mike James doesn't know yet whether his first grandchild will be a boy or girl, but he hopes they will have a chance to see threatened southern mountain caribou during a future visit to his family's cabin near Quesnel Lake.
VICTORIA -- The agency overseeing British Columbia elections says it will issue a recall petition against OneBC legislator Dallas Brodie -- and she says she's fine with that.